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| Robel Phillipos released on bail with house arrest | Robel Phillipos released on bail with house arrest |
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| A judge in the US has agreed to release pending trial a friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who is accused of lying to FBI investigators. | A judge in the US has agreed to release pending trial a friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who is accused of lying to FBI investigators. |
| Robel Phillipos, 19, is to be freed on a $100,000 (£64,300) bond provided he wears an electronic monitoring bracelet and is confined to his home. | Robel Phillipos, 19, is to be freed on a $100,000 (£64,300) bond provided he wears an electronic monitoring bracelet and is confined to his home. |
| He and two other friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were charged last week with hindering the investigation. | He and two other friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were charged last week with hindering the investigation. |
| Mr Phillipos faces up to eight years in prison if convicted. | Mr Phillipos faces up to eight years in prison if convicted. |
| Meanwhile, a funeral director hired by the Tsarnaev family is searching for a burial place for Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the elder brother of Dzhokhar, as protestors have picketed the funeral home holding his body. | Meanwhile, a funeral director hired by the Tsarnaev family is searching for a burial place for Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the elder brother of Dzhokhar, as protestors have picketed the funeral home holding his body. |
| Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed in a shootout with police several days after the bombings, which killed three and left more than 260 wounded. | Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed in a shootout with police several days after the bombings, which killed three and left more than 260 wounded. |
| Medical officials in the state of Massachusetts said he died of gunshot wounds and blunt force trauma. Police say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev drove over his brother in a chaotic escape attempt. | |
| Funeral for 'everyone' | Funeral for 'everyone' |
| Funeral director Peter Stefan has been unable to find a cemetery in Massachusetts willing to accept the remains. | Funeral director Peter Stefan has been unable to find a cemetery in Massachusetts willing to accept the remains. |
| "Everyone deserves a burial," Mr Stefan told Reuters news agency by telephone. "It doesn't matter who it is. I can't pick and choose." | "Everyone deserves a burial," Mr Stefan told Reuters news agency by telephone. "It doesn't matter who it is. I can't pick and choose." |
| He has said he will ask the city of Cambridge, where the brothers lived over the last decade, to allow Tsarnaev to be buried in a city-owned cemetery. | He has said he will ask the city of Cambridge, where the brothers lived over the last decade, to allow Tsarnaev to be buried in a city-owned cemetery. |
| City Manager Robert Healy said he was urging the family to not to make the request. | City Manager Robert Healy said he was urging the family to not to make the request. |
| "The difficult and stressful efforts of the citizens of the city of Cambridge to return to a peaceful life would be adversely impacted by the turmoil, protests, and widespread media presence at such an interment," Mr Healy said in a statement. | "The difficult and stressful efforts of the citizens of the city of Cambridge to return to a peaceful life would be adversely impacted by the turmoil, protests, and widespread media presence at such an interment," Mr Healy said in a statement. |
| Tsarnaev's brother, Dzhokhar, 19, remains in a prison hospital recovering from gunshot wounds. He faces the death penalty if convicted of terrorism charges in connect with the attack. | Tsarnaev's brother, Dzhokhar, 19, remains in a prison hospital recovering from gunshot wounds. He faces the death penalty if convicted of terrorism charges in connect with the attack. |
| 'No flight risk' | |
| Mr Phillipos is accused of lying to investigators about visiting Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dormitory at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth on 18 April, three days after the bombings. | Mr Phillipos is accused of lying to investigators about visiting Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dormitory at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth on 18 April, three days after the bombings. |
| Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, two other college friends, have been charged with conspiring to obstruct justice by taking a backpack with the remains of fireworks and a laptop from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dorm room before the FBI searched it. | Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, two other college friends, have been charged with conspiring to obstruct justice by taking a backpack with the remains of fireworks and a laptop from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dorm room before the FBI searched it. |
| None of the three men are implicated in the planning of the bombings. | None of the three men are implicated in the planning of the bombings. |
| In court documents, defence attorneys for Mr Phillipos said their client had nothing to do with the attack and was not a flight risk. | In court documents, defence attorneys for Mr Phillipos said their client had nothing to do with the attack and was not a flight risk. |
| According to a resume filed with the court, he was studying marketing and sociology at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, and was expected to graduate in 2015. | According to a resume filed with the court, he was studying marketing and sociology at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, and was expected to graduate in 2015. |
| But the university has said Mr Phillipos was not enrolled during the current semester. | But the university has said Mr Phillipos was not enrolled during the current semester. |
| In letters filed with the court, friends and family members described Mr Phillipos as peaceful and non-violent. | In letters filed with the court, friends and family members described Mr Phillipos as peaceful and non-violent. |
| "I do not believe that my beloved Robel crosses the line intentionally to support or assist such a horrendous act," his aunt, Zewditu Alemu, wrote. "By nature he does not like violence." |